// bayesian latent trait model 2 for "Estimating Smooth Panels"
// item intercepts / biases, no slopes / factor loadings 
// item-country intercepts
// single autoregressive error
// responses are modelled as binomial count
// validation test

data{
  int<lower=1> N;               		// number of national survey opinions
  int<lower=1> J;               		// number of countries
  int<lower=1> K;  	        			// number of items
  int<lower=1> P;  	        			// number of items-country combinations  
  int<lower=1> T;  	        			// number of years
  int<lower=1,upper=J> jj[N];   		// country j for opinion n
  int<lower=1,upper=K> kk[N];   		// item k for opinion n
  int<lower=1,upper=P> pp[N];   		// item-country p for opinion n
  int<lower=1,upper=T> tt[N];   		// year t for opinion n
  int<lower=1> x[N];   			    	// vector of survey responses, count
  int<lower=1> samp[N];					// vector of sample sizes
}

parameters{
  real<lower=0> sigma_theta;	        // opinion evolution error variance
  real<lower=0> sigma_lambda;	        // item intercepts error variance
  real<lower=0> sigma_delta;	        // item-country intercept error variance
  vector[K-1] lambda_raw;           		// raw item intercepts
  matrix[T,J] theta_raw; 	        	// raw matrix of T by J latent traits
  vector[P] delta_raw;					// raw item-country intercepts
  row_vector[J] theta_init;				// initial latent traits for first year
  real mu_lambda;			 			// expectation of item intercepts
}

transformed parameters{
  matrix[T,J] theta; 	                // matrix of T by J latent traits	
  vector[N] theta_tt_jj;				// N-vector for expanded theta vales
  vector[K] lambda;           			// item intercepts
  vector[P] delta;						// item-country intercepts
  theta[1] = theta_init; 
  lambda[1] = 1;							// constrain initial intercept
  lambda[2:K] = mu_lambda + sigma_lambda * lambda_raw[1:K-1];	
  delta = sigma_delta * delta_raw;	
  for (t in 2:T)                        // parameter expansion for theta
	theta[t] = theta[t-1] + sigma_theta * theta_raw[t-1];
  for (i in 1:N) 	
    theta_tt_jj[i] = theta[tt[i], jj[i]];  // expand theta to N-vector	
}

model{
  x ~ binomial_logit(samp, lambda[kk] + theta_tt_jj + delta[pp]); // response model
  sigma_theta ~ cauchy(0, 2); 
  sigma_lambda ~ cauchy(0, 2); 
  sigma_delta ~ cauchy(0, 2); 
  mu_lambda ~ normal(1, 2);
  theta_init ~ normal(0, 1);
  lambda_raw ~ normal(0, 1);
  delta_raw ~ normal(0, 1);
  for(t in 1:T) 
	theta_raw[t] ~ normal(0, 1);
}

